House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 9, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4385.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 120, July 9, 2021, Page H3617):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4385, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6cf9be958ee0fe8ae63295a32df745d5f907448c4329ac0386c82d0dd95380fe
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4385, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
36 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 27 Democrats
9 of 36 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Colin Allred (D-TX), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and 6 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Higgins.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.